2015 Year In Review: Blog Stats

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Hi everyone!

Today officially marks the day that normal posts start again, plus my regular theme is back… I know you’ve all missed the Owl!

Anyways, I received a wonderful email from WordPress about my stats for this year, and thought that I would take a chill blog day by sharing it with you! It’s so cute and I love how they made it this year!

Enjoy it by scrolling down and clicking on the link below!

Good Night Book Owls!

 

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,000 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Holiday Reading: Quick Thought #16: Starbucks in Bookstores is ALWAYS Better

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Hi everyone!

One day, I walked into my local bookstore and saw a Starbucks in it! As normal, I ordered the usual,  a Grande Cotton Candy Frappucino. While enjoying it, I realized that Starbucks in Indigo or any cafe in any bookstore is always better! The whole atmosphere is much better than a busy single store, and the baristas are so nice!

Let me know in the comments if you agree with this opinion, or as always chat with me on Twitter @readingreadingreading!

Good Night Book Owls!

Holiday Reading: Quick Thought #15: Giving Back in the Bookish Community

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Hi everyone!

Today, I thought I would quickly remind you all of the bookish opportunities to donate in your community!

Throughout this time of year when most of us get gifts, we should remember the people who are not fortunate enough to be able to have that opportunity. Many libraries and charities around this time of year look for book donations, and I’m sure us book bloggers have a ton of books to donate!

I’d love to hear if you have done any donating this season in the comments below or feel free to tweet me @readingreadingreading!

Good Night Book Owls!

Holiday Reading: Fun Bookish Winter Activities

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Hi everyone,

Today I’m going to share with you a few fun bookish winter activities!

  1. Reorganize Your Bookshelf!

Epic Reads has a very fun quiz you can take on how you should reorganize your bookshelf, and you can play it here!

2. Visit Your Local Library

Believe it or not, there are still many people who have yet to lay eyes on their local libraries shelves, and you might be one of them! Several months ago, I made a tour of my library and you can read about it here.

3.  Host a Book Club

Maybe a few of your closest friends love to read and have nothing to do over the break! Create and host a book club meeting for all of your friends to enjoy!

I hope that you enjoyed my top 3 bookish activities to do this winter break!

Good Night Book Owls!

 

Holiday Reaing: Winter Break TBR

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Hi everyone!

Today, I’m going to share with you my Winter Break TBR! I officially start winter break today (December 19), so I planned out a few books to read!

This will not include my Holiday Booktubeathon TBR, I will be posting that on Sunday!

 

The first book I plan on reading is Genius by Leopoldo Gout. I just received this book from Raincoast Canada and I am so excited to read it, it sounds amazing!

The second book I plan on reading is Where You’ll Find Me by Natasha Friend. I received this book from Raincoast Canada last month and I plan on reading it now as it (again) sounds SO GOOD!

I then want to read Say What You Will by Cammie Mcgovern. I have been wanting to read this for such a long time and I think that now would be a good time to read this!

Finally, I plan on reading A Step Toward Falling by Cammie Mcgovern. I got an ARC of this book at Frenzy Presents and I haven’t read it yet so I need to!! I want to read Say What You Will first, so that’s why her first book is in my TBR too!

I hope that you enjoyed my Winter Break TBR! Let me know what your reading for the break in the comments below!

Good Night Book Owls!

Alyssa’s Reviews – Holiday Reading: My True Love Gave to Me Book Review

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Hi everyone!

Today I’m going to be writing a book review for an amazing winter book called My True Love Gave to Me by several different authors!

Synopsis:

If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you’re going to fall in love with My True Love Gave To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or New Year’s there’s something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love.

Review:

I don’t really want to give away to much of my thoughts, as I think that when reading this book/the 12 stories its much better to read this without any info on the book/stories. All I’m going to say is that I LOVED this book! I loved almost all of the stories and would recommend it to all! Especially if you have read and enjoyed Let It Snow by 3 Amazing Authors! Overall I gave it 5/5 stars!

Good Night Book Owls!

 

Holiday Reading: Holiday Bookish Gift Guide: Teens

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Hi everyone!

Last year I did a Holiday Bookish Gift Guide for Children and Teens. A lot of you enjoyed it so I thought I would make a new one for this year. I will only be creating one for Teens and Adults (tomorrow), as the Children’s one would remain the same.

Let’s get started!

This year instead of recommending books, I’m going to be recommending bookish things!

A fun gift idea would be a cute bookish subscription box! Here is once called “The Bookish Box“.

Another very popular one is called Owl Crate. You can find a ton of unboxings for this box on YouTube.

Mockingjay Magnetic Bookmark!

There are also some very cute Etsy stores that sell really cute bookmarks! This one is of Katniss from The Hunger Games and is sold in the shop called Booked You Up.

Coffee Set Magnetic Bookmarks (Mini 4 Pack)

One of my personal favorites is a shop called Crafted Van. This is a super cute set that has Coffee themed items!

 

This is my Holiday Gift Guide for Teens for 2015! I hope you the items!

Good Night Book Owls!

Holiday Reading: Holocaust Book Recomendations

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Hi everyone!

One of my favourite genres is historical fiction, especially holocaust books. Today I’m going to share with you a few Holocaust book Recomendations. I have read all of these books and have enjoyed the writing in them! Let’s get started!

  1. Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

Between Shades of Grey was my first ever YA novel and I read it when I was in Grade 5. It is an amazing novel and my aunt, mom, and grandmother have all read it and loved it! I thourghly recommend it.

      2. Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

This book is an amazing holocaust Novel. I buy a holocaust book every year at my schools book fair, and I bought this one last year. I also bought Between Shades of Grey at my school bookfair, too! This is an amazing holocaust novel, and the emotion was real. It is very short novel, but it’s short and sweet.

3. Stones on a Grave by Kathy Kacer

I bought this book at a school event that you can read all about here. I loved this holocaust novel! It was so surprising and different than any other holocaust novel I’ve read! I really loved this one and would recommend it to all!

Those are the 3 holocaust books I recommend to everyone! Let me know some of your holocaust book Recomendations in the comments!

Good Night Book Owls!